Metro Briefing | New York: Yonkers: Malcolm X's Grandson Arrested

Published: August 4, 2006

Malcolm X's grandson, Malcolm Shabazz, was arrested about 1 a.m. yesterday in Mount Vernon, after punching a hole in a doughnut shop's window, sending shattered glass onto two patrons, the Yonkers police said. Mr. Shabazz, 21, was charged with reckless endangerment, assault and criminal mischief. The two patrons, a 19-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, suffered cuts from the glass shards and were taken to a hospital, the police said. Mr. Shabazz was released from prison this year after serving time for a 2002 attempted-robbery conviction in Middletown, N.Y. He also was blamed for the death of his grandmother and Malcolm X's widow, Betty Shabazz, in 1997 after he set fire to her Yonkers apartment. He pleaded guilty to the juvenile equivalents of second-degree manslaughter and second-degree arson and spent time in various juvenile centers, escaping at least twice but being recaptured.